Refuse receptacle



Patented June 16, 1931 EDWARD JOSEPH PAVELKA, or NEW YORK, 1v.

REFUSE RECEPTACLE i Application filed August 17, 1929. Serial No. 386,656.

This invention relates to a refuse receptacle in combination with a closure construction such as a storm door of a dwelling.

The principal object of the invention is the provision of a combination of the indicated character whereby refuse may be deposited into the receptacle from the inside of the closure without opening the latter, and therefore without allowing elements of the weath- 1o er, such as rain and snow, to enter a room or apartment of a dwelling.

The nature of the invention and its distinguishing features and advantages .will appear when the following specification is read in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a vertical section of a storm closure construction, together with a refuse receptacle, its support, and the closure opening and receptacle cover, the parts of the latter being shown in closed positions, the section indicated by the line 11 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 2 is an outside view of the lower part of the closure or storm door and parts associated therewith.

Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2, but showing the parts of the cover in opened positions.

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3,- but show- 30 ing the cover part for the closure or door opening in the closed position, and the cover part for the receptacle in the opened position.

In the illustrated embodiment of the instruction which consists of a frame structure 10 whose opening is controlled by an inner closure member or door 11 and an outer closure member or storm door 12. The door 12 has an opening 13 located centrally thereof near the bottom. A suitable support or holder 14 is fixedly secured to the door 12 directly below the opening 13 therein. The support or holder 14 is adapted to support or hold a refuse receptacle 15.v The receptacle 15 will be of'such size that when placed in the support or holder 1 1 will be in a position to receive refuse from the inside of the door 12 through the opening 13. A cover consisting of parts 16 and 17 is provided, the parts 16 vention, there is shown a storm closure conandl? being hingedly connected togethergas at 18, and the part 16 being hingedly connected as at 19 with the door12 at the top of the opening 13. The part 16 of the cover serves for closing the opening. 13 in the door 12, and thepart 17 ofthe cover serves for closing the receptacle 15'. By reason of the construction of the cover andthe, manner in which it is mounted. or suspended on the door 12 makes it possible to move the parts of the cover by a force applied to the part 16, to

opened position, simultaneously, as shown in Fig. 3, for the purpose'of introducing the refuse into the receptacle 15.

In orde r to hold the. cover part 16 in a closed position, means is provided consisting ofa latch 20 secured to the part 16, and a keeper 21 secured to the door 12, with which out opening the latter, and therefore without the latch 20 cooperates. The latch 20 may be readily disengaged from the keeper to enable the cover partstobe swung or pushed outwardly to the opened position. When the force applied to the part 16 to move the cover parts to the opened position is withdrawn, the cover partswill swing to the closedpositions.- Although the part 16 of the cover is latched, the part 17 may be raised from its closed position, to an opened position, to allow the removal of the receptacle 15, as shown most clearly in Fig. 4., 1 p

From the foregoing it will 'be apparent that refuse may be deposited into the receptacle l5 from the inside ofthe door 12 withallowing elements of the weather, such as rain or snow, to beat into a room or apartment.

It is to be understood that the cover instead of being made of two parts hingedly connected together may consist of onepart of angum lar construction to control both the opening 13 in the door 12 and the receptacle 15 to cover and uncover the latter. I

It is further to be understood that the invention is not restricted to the precise arrangement of parts shown and described, as details of constructionmay be modified and rearranged without departing from the spirit of the invention, the scope of which islimited only by the terms of the appended claims.

cover for said opening and receptacle, and

means connecting said cover with said 010- sure for movement to uncover said opening and receptacle, for the purpose of introducing matter into said receptacle. I

3. The combination with a closure having an opening therein, of a removable receptacle, a support on said closure for supporting said receptacle below said opening, a cover for said receptacle, means connecting said cover with said closure for movement to open and close said receptacle, said cover being movable to open said receptacle by a force applied to said cover, and said cover being self-movable to close said receptacle. The combination wlth a closure having an opening therein,0f a removable receptacle, a support on sa1d closure for supporting sa d receptacle below said openmg, a cover for mg said receptacle below said opening, a

said receptacle being uncovered by movement of said first cover, a keeper on said closure, and a latch on said first cover engageable with said keeper to latch said covers in closed positions.

Signed at 2162 Paulding Ave, in the county of Bronx and Stateof New York this 14th day of August, A.D. 1929.

EDWARD JOSEPH PAVELKA.

said receptacle, means connecting said cover 7' with said closure for movement to open and close said receptacle, and means-to latch said cover in the closed position.

5. The combination with a closure having an opening therein, of a receptacle, a support on said closure for supporting said receptacle below said opening, a cover consisting of hingedly connected parts for said opening and receptacle,'and means connecting said cover with said closure over said opening for swinging movement, whereby the parts of said cover will open and close said opening and receptacle' f 6. The combination with a closure having an opening therein, of a receptacle, a supporton'said closure for supporting said receptacle below said opening, a cover for said opening hingedly suspended from said closure, and a cover for said receptacle hingedly connected with said first cover, both the opening in the closure and the opening in said receptacle being-uncovered by movement of said first cover, and said receptacle cover being movable alone to uncover the receptacle.

7. The combination witha closure having an opening therein, of a receptacle, a support on said closure for supporting said receptacle below said opening, .a cover vfor said opening hingedly suspended from said closure, and a cover for said receptacle hingedly connected with said first cover, both the I opening in the closure and theopening in all; 

